The Prisoner's Song Lyrics by Eddy Arnold
Album : The Tennessee Plowboy & His Guitar [Bear Family (G , Show [ACM] , Eddy's Song [Proper Records (UK)] , Cattle Call [Proper] , All-Time Hits from the Hills [RCA Victor] , Cattle Call [Country Stars] , A
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(Guy Massey)

Oh, I wish I had someone to love me
Yes, someone to call me their own
Oh, I wish I had someone to live with
'Cause I'm tired of living alone.

Oh, please meet me tonight in the moonlight
Oh, please meet me tonight all alone
For I have a sad story to tell you
It's a story that's never been told.

--- Instrumental ---

I'll be carried to the new jail tomorrow
Leaving my poor darling alone
With the cold prison bars all around me
And my head on a pillow of stone.

Now, I have a grand ship on the ocean
All mounted with silver and gold
And before my poor darling would suffer
Oh, that ship would be anchored and sold.

Now if I had the wings like an angel
Over these prison walls I would fly
And I'd fly to the arms of my darling
And there I'd be willing to die...
(Guy Massey)      Oh, I wish I had someone to love me   Yes, someone to call me their own   Oh, I wish I had someone to live with   'Cause I'm tired of living alone.      Oh, please meet me tonight in the moonlight   Oh, please meet me tonight all alone   For I have a sad story to tell you   It's a story that's never been told.      --- Instrumental ---      I'll be carried to the new jail tomorrow   Leaving my poor darling alone   With the cold prison bars all around me   And my head on a pillow of stone.      Now, I have a grand ship on the ocean   All mounted with silver and gold   And before my poor darling would suffer   Oh, that ship would be anchored and sold.      Now if I had the wings like an angel   Over these prison walls I would fly   And I'd fly to the arms of my darling   And there I'd be willing to die...